Omaha daily bee., 1887-10-16
CLEVELAND IN THE SOUTH.
The Presidential Party Gets Left at
q Tennessee Crossroad.
NASHVILLE FINALLY REACHED.
The Death of Judge Elicit at Memphis
After Delivering the Address
of Welcome n Tragic
Incident.
The President Gets Left.

InC1Ueut.
The President Gets Left.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Oct. 15.-At Mckenzie,
Tenn, the president, Mrs. Cleveland and the
postmaster general actually got left, the
train starting gaily off for Nashville without
them. Mckenzie is crossing Of two roads
and the train had to be switched from one to
another on &C" When the train reached
the station the mayor came aboard and
told the president that platform had been
erected and the people were waiting to hear
and see him. The president said that since
they had made preparations he would go out
and show himself, but wouldn't talk. Ac-
cordingly he, his wife and Colonel Villas
alighted while the trcin was being switched.
gers car in between the engine and
the vestibule train. and when this
was done started right off from the
opposite side of the depot, the manager
party We're aboard The train had gone
mile down steep grade before the manager
| light engine and heavy train, it took quite a
little time to back up to the station again.
| The party came aboard laughing, but the
president said for the future he would con-
| fine himself to the getting off places indi-
Gated in the programme.
All along the road great crowds were col
lected TO see the passing train and the usual
| demonstrations were made. At quarter
| past the train reached Belle Meade, six
| miles from Nashville where ex-senator (now
| judge) Jackson and his brother, General w.
| H. Jackson, entered the car and welcomed
| the presidents party. The president, Mrs
| Cleveland and Colonel Lamont entered the
carriage of General jackson, to become
| his guests until Monday morning, while
the postmaster general and wife, Dr.
Bryant and Mr.. Bissell accompanied the ex-
senator. The other members of the party
| proceeded to Nashville on the train and were
| quartered at the Maxwell house. Mr.. John
Himman, of New York, a well-known south
ern financier, by invitation, joins the presi-
dental party here and will remain with them
until their arrival at Atlanta.
Death at the Reception.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Oct. 15--Judge H. r. Ell
lett, who made the welcoming addressto Pres
ident Cleveland here this morning, died on
the stand before the ceremonies were over.
The tragic incident occurred just as Presi-
dent Cleveland closed his remarks in response
to the judges welcome. Though the day was
not uncomfortably warm the spot in the cen
ter of the court square where the speakers
| stand had been erected was an exposed one
| and Judge Elicit stood for a time
with his hat off. AS the president was speak
| ing he sat down and was soon overcome with
| the heat. DR.. Bryant, of the presidential
| party, took direction of affairs and remained
! With the gentleman while the president was
] escorted 70 the Cotton and Merchants Ex-
change. Judge rrs,,..eett died just five minutes
| after the president left the reviewing stand.
| The fact has SO far been kept froui the presi-
| dent. -.
Judge Elicit was man Of high local re-
pute. His speech which was not for Mem
| phis alone, but for the whole south, was a
memorable one. President Clevelands re-
| sponse was no less notable. The other as
poets of the occasion had combined
to make the affair extraordinary
visible everywhere, were more elaborate and
| general than those of any place visited by
| the president, with the possible exception of
| Madison ,and it was remarked that twice as
many people were on the streets as had ever
been seen in Memphis.
In his speech welcoming the president
Judge Elicit, referring to the celebration of
the hundredth anniversary of the formation
| of the constitution of the United States, in
| which the president participated, said '"That
| the southern heart was in full sympathy with
| that interesting occasion, and that no where
| in all this broad land will you find more
| loyalty to the constitution and to the govern
ment created by it than among the
| people of southern states" Speaking
| of the war and its results, Judge
| Elicit said the southern people have bowed
| to the stern logic of events until they have
| In frank and manly way accepted the re-
| suit of the struggle as final settlement of all
| questions in dispute, and they have since
| labored with rare courage, fortitude and
| cheerfulness to accommodate themselves to
their new condition, to reconstruct their
| broken fortunes and to contribute as far as
| possible to the general prosperity and happi-
ness of the whole country.
| In responding to Judge Ellett's address the
| president said ''The patriotic sentiment ex-
pressed in your behalf by your honored fel-
low citizen in his address of welcome, I am
sure, may say, will be generously responded
to by, your countrymen of the
north. They want I believe, rest from
sectional bitterness, and they know that the
destiny of our country is only to be achieved
| by true union in sentiment, and in feeling, as
well as in name. The business interests of
the people are too alert and intelligent to be
sacrificed or injured by selfish appeals to
passion which should be allayed They only
| insist that all the results of the arbitration of
| arms to which reference has been made,
| shall be fully retained and enforced'
| After leaving the stand the president drove
| to the cotton exchange where a reception to
the public was held for an hour. The presi-
| dent and Mrs. Cleveland We're assisted by
Postmaster General and Mrs. Villas. From
| the exchange the party was escorted to their
train, and at o'clock left for Nashville.
When Judge Elicit sank into a chair in a
fainting condition some confusion ensued.
| Dr. Bryant, assisted by Postmaster General
Villas and Colonel Robert f.. Looney, caught
| him as he was falling. Several gentlemen of
| the entertainment committee aided in the
| efforts to restore him, as did also some of the
ladies' Dr. Kennedy Jones came to the as
sstance of DR.. Bryant and the two worked
with the PROSTATE form, but without avail.
President Cleveland, who had just fin
| ished his address, stood looking at the
efforts being made to restore the venerable
| iurist, with sad and sympathetic counte-
nance, while Mrs. Cleveland seemed deeply
affected. The presidential party had left the
| platform before DR., Bryant arose from over
the body and said to an acquaintance: "Let
us join the presidents party,n In answer to
inquiries as to what was the matter with
Judge Elicit Dr. Bryant answered; "He
tainted and has not recovered conscious
ness.n This was said to dispel the shadow of
| gloom that might otherwise have been cast
upon the festivities. The immense multitude
did not know that death had come among
them, and rushed after the president to the
exposition, leaving to few friends the sad
duty of conveying the lifeless remains of the
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